Browsing Master's Theses by Issue Date
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Water Infrastructure Vulnerability to Coastal Flood Hazards : A Space-Place Analysis of Manteo, New Bern, and Plymouth, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2014)With the impending threat of sea level rise, as well as the recurring annual danger of storm surges during hurricane season and floods from heavy rain events, North Carolina's coast is especially vulnerable to coastal ... -
TMEFF2 is an epigenetic modulator that promotes androgen independent growth in castration-resistant prostate cancer cells
(East Carolina University, 2014)While the ability to detect PCa has improved significantly due to PSA screenings, the survival rate for men diagnosed with PCa has remained stagnant, and the disease remains the second leading cause of cancer related deaths ... -
The Acquisition of a Plastid by Haptophytes, Cryptophytes, and Photosynthetic Heterokonts
(East Carolina University, 2014)Red algae and green plants are known to have obtained their photosynthetic organelles, or plastids, through the endosymbiotic adoption of cyanobacteria. It is still widely debated as to how other eukaryotic alga such as ... -
The Effects of Crude Oil and Chemical Dispersant Exposure on Danio rerio (zebrafish) Embryonic Development
(East Carolina University, 2014)Crude oil has been shown to cause defects in cardiovascular development in a variety of teleost species. We used the zebrafish, Danio rerio as a model to test the effects of oil and dispersant on cardiac development and ... -
Spatial Ecology and Seasonal Habitat Use of the King Rail (Rallus elegans) along the Atlantic Coast
(East Carolina University, 2014)TThe King Rail (Rallus elegans) continues to experience population declines throughout its range. Due to its secretive nature and occupancy of densely vegetated marshes, little is known about the behavior and ecology of ... -
Spatial and Temporal Evaluation of Dune, Beach and Nearshore Bar Interactions : Cape Cod, MA
(East Carolina University, 2014)Coastal features and processes interact with each other, producing complex patterns of shoreline changes in different beach segments. Coastal dune systems have been studied in detail, looking at their evolution through ... -
Holocene Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironmental Change of Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, USA
(East Carolina University, 2014)Understanding how coastal systems respond to changes in climate is becoming more important due to the current increased rate of sea-level rise and possible increased hurricane intensity in the future. While coastal ecosystems ... -
Responses of Leaf Litter Breakdown Rates and Microbial Enzyme Activity to Salinity in North Carolina Wetlands
(East Carolina University, 2014)Sea-level rise and human activities are causing the increase of salinity in coastal freshwater wetlands. Increased salinity in some wetlands has been found to accelerate leaf litter decomposition, an important driver of ... -
Examining the validity of an interactive driving simulator for determining fitness to drive for older adults with cognitive impairment
(East Carolina University, 2014)Purpose: To examine the validity of the interactive driving simulator for determining fitness to drive for older adults with cognitive impairment. Method: This pretest/posttest design had ten older adults complete two ... -
Graviton and photon orbitals surrounding a black hole : Application to the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way galactic center, with NIR observational confirmation.
(East Carolina University, 2014)Non-relativistic Quantum Theory fairly accurately describes the resonance phenomena around a black hole, even though black holes are thought of as general relativistic (GR) objects. Graphically and numerically we are able ... -
Analysis of Myopodin in Hela Cervical Carcinoma Cells
(East Carolina University, 2014)Synaptopodin-2 is a proline-rich, actin-binding protein that exists in many isoforms. Due to its large proline content, synaptopodin-2 exists in a naturally unfolded state and possesses the characteristics of a hub protein. ... -
Cultural Competence and Referral Rates of Hispanic Students
(East Carolina University, 2014)Hispanic students continue to be disproportionately placed in special education compared to their Caucasian peers. Special education referral rates have been examined based on a number of variables including teacher race, ... -
Pediatric Behavioral Concerns : Does Physician Training Influence Their Referral and Recommendation Practices
(East Carolina University, 2014)Pediatric primary care physicians indicate behavioral health concerns to be the most frequently reported complaint of parents during well-child visits. Over the last few decades, graduate medical education and training ... -
The Melancholic Subject : Exploring Loss and Relationships in African American and Asian American Fiction
(East Carolina University, 2014)The goal of this thesis is to closely examine the psychological effects of oppression for both African Americans and Asian Americans. The fiction created by writers of these ethnic groups and the characters they create ... -
Use of monoamine oxidase and redox enzymes in atrial tissue as novel predictors of postoperative atrial fibrillation
(East Carolina University, 2014)Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) occurs in approximately 30% of cardiac surgery patients. The complication occurs despite advances in surgical procedures. It is associated with increased mortality, morbidity, and ... -
Persons of Interest : Mentoring Relationships in Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Maria: Or, The Wrongs of Woman and Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
(East Carolina University, 2014)My thesis sets a focus on mentorship and the effects it has on literary characters, mainly female characters. Mentorship does not receive much focus from literary critics, despite its power and ability to help a mentee ... -
Passengers, Packages, And Copper : The Steamer Pewabic, Its Archaeology, Management, Material Culture, And The Development Of The Keweenaw Peninsula
(East Carolina University, 2014)Pewabic was a passenger/package freight propeller with multiple identities that will serve in this study to better understand the tourism explosion and the copper boom of the Great Lakes during the Civil War. The hybrid ... -
Electroencephalographic (EEG) and Personality Correlates of Anger, Hostility, and Aggression
(East Carolina University, 2014)Background: Anger, Hostility, and Aggression have been thought of as major influencing factors of numerous negative health behaviors. To date, research has focused on identifying various personality types in effort to ... -
Identification of Stress in Latino Families who have Young Exceptional Children
(East Carolina University, 2014)The Latino population in the US is growing and there are many stressors that can accompany life in a new country; much more so when a family has a child with special needs. The aim of the present study is to explore the ... -
Geophysical Detection of On-site Wastewater Plumes in the North Carolina Coastal Plain, USA
(East Carolina University, 2014)Nonpoint source pollution (NPS) continues to be the leading cause of water quality degradation in the United States. On-site wastewater systems (OWS) contribute to NPS; however, due to the range of system designs and ...